Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 346 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE-THREATENING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WILL UNFOLD OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THIS WEEK... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND A FOCUSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN OK MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OKZ055>057-060>062-065>067-191015- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.A.0001.120319T1800Z-120321T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER 346 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE. IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...CRAIG... MAYES...NOWATA...OKMULGEE...ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME ISOLATED AREAS COULD RECEIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A FOOT AND 15 INCHES. WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AREAL FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO HIGH...THUS THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CHANGED TO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.